The Negative Impact of Whacking Foreign Aid

The Negative Impact of Whacking Foreign Aid

 Source: The Washington Post published on 2 May 2025 an article titled “After 100 Days, the Toll of Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts Has Begun to Sink In” by Sammy Westfall.

The Trump administration has axed more than 80 percent of the programs funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development.  The administration is also in the process of slashing the U.S. African Development Foundation, U.S. Institute of Peace, Inter-American Foundation, and Millennium Challenge Corporation.  

The article looks at the impact of these cuts on South Sudan, Ethiopia, Jordan, Tanzania, Eswatini, Lesotho, Afghanistan, and Yemen.  

Comment:  The administration is getting close to ending government-funded soft power, which has traditionally been a major U.S. foreign policy tool.  Although they will not fill the financial void left by the United States, the governments of China and Russia will take very possible advantage of America’s departure from these programs